Bicycle-lock



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M. N. FREDERICK. BIGYGLE LOCK.

No. 565,161. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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UNITED STATES MARSHALL NQEREDERIGK, or CANTON, onio.

BICYCLE-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,161, dated August4, 1896. Application filed November 25, 1895. Serial No. 569,970. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL N. FRED- ERICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Locks; andl do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings,

inaling a part of this speciiication, and to theV letters and iiguresmarked thereon ,in which- Figure l is a view showing the lock properlyattached to the steering-head. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of thesteering-head, showing the lock properly attached thereto. Fig. 3 is aview showing portions of the steering-post and illustrating thelocking-apertures. Fig. et is a detached view of the lock-cover. Fig. 5is a vertical section of the lock case and cover, showing the dierentparts of the lock properly assembled. Fig. G is a detached view of thelockingspindle and its different parts. Fig. 7 is a top view showing thecover removed and a portion of the counting-disk broken away. Fig. S isa detached view of one of the spacing-collars. Fig. 9 is a view showinga portion of the locking-spindle and illustrating the locking-plateplaced in position to lock the spindle at its extreme inward movement tolock the fork. Fig. l0 is a similar view showing the looking-plate inposit-ion to hold the spindle out of locking position. Fig. 1l is adetached view ofthe base-plate, showing a bottom or under side view Vofthe lockingplate, also showing the position of the locking-spindle anditscollar with reference to the locking-plate Fig. l2 is a detached viewof thc counting-disk and its hollow post or shaft. Figs. 13, lei, and l5are detached views of the tumbler-s. Fig. lo' is a transverse section ofthe lock and steering-post, showing the saine placed in proper positionwith reference to each other. Fig. 17 is a detached view ot' thelocking-plate and its post and cover-locking tongue.

The present invention has relation to bicycle-locks; and it consists inthe different parts and combination of parts hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims. Y

The object of the present invention is to lock the front or forwardwheel at an angle to the rear wheel, or, in other words, to lock the twoWheels of the bicycle one at an angle to the other, thereby providingr ameans for bringing the bicycle out of operative position.

Similar letters and gures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the iigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, l represents the steering-head, which isconstructed in the ordinary manner and has no particular reference tothe present invention, except that when the invention is applied to thebicycle it is located upon the steeringpost, as illu strated in Figs. land 2. The steering-post l is provided with the casing or housing 2,which is preferably termed integral with the steeringpost, but it may beinade separately and attached in any convenient and well-known manner.To the housing or easing 2 is attached the cover 3 by ineans of thescrew 4; and the iiange 5, said flange being for the purpose hereinafterdescribed.

The locking-spindle 6 is substantially of the form shown in Fig. (i, andits outer end is provided with the operating-kn ob 7, which knob isattached in any convenient an d well-known manner to the locking-spindle(i. The locking-spindle G is provided with the disk or collar 7, whichdisk or collar is securely attached to the locking-spindle 6, or, itdesired, said disk may be formed integral with the spindle. Upon thelocking-spindle G is located the coiled spring S, which coiled spring isfor the purpose hereinafter described.

VTo the housing or casing 2 is attached by suitable screws or otherwisethe base-plate d, which base-plate is provided with the aperture l0,said aperture being for the purpose of re ceiving the locking-spindle G,and at the sanie time iornis a guide i'or the longitudinal movement ofsaid locking-spindle. For the purpose i of automatically forcing thelockingspindle G inward or toward the steering-post the spring 8 isprovided, which spring is held in proper position by means of thebase-plate E) and the socket ll. The base-plate is provided with thethiniblc or hollow shaft l2, (best seen in Fig. 16,) which thiinbleforms a bearing or post for the tuinblers a, h, and c, said tuinblersbeing properly spaced by ineans of the spacing-collars 13. Upon thelocking-spindle G is located the counting-disk le, which icocounting-disk is provided with the notches 15, said notches beinglocated upon the periphery of the counting-disk 1l, said counting-diskbeing held at the desired point against rotation by means of spring 16,which spring is so arranged that it will click at the time the portionof the spring enters or is received into one of the notches 15. Thenotches 15 and the spring 16 are so formed that said spring will onlytemporarily hold the countin g-disk against rotation. The counting-disk14. is provided with the hollow shaft 17, which shaft is located in thethimble 12, as illustrated in Fig. 1G. The counting-disk lfl and thetumblers a, Z7, and c are each provided with the apertures 18, whichapertures are preferably screwthreaded, said apertures being for thepurpose of receiving and holding the screws 19, 20, 2l, and 22, saidscrews being located in different apertures for the purpose of changingthe combination.

For the purpose of describing the portion of the lock with reference toits tumblers and bringing said tumblers into a position so that themaster-notches 23 will register, I will say that the lock is set to thecombination of 1, 2, and 3. The countingdisk 14 is turned one notch tothe right, then two notches to the left, then three to the right, whichcompletes the above-mentioned combination. This movement of thecountingdisk brings all of the master-notches into alinement. At themoment the masternotches 23 are brought into alinement the locking-plate24 is forced to the center by means of the post 25 and the spring 26,thereby causing the aperture 27 to come directly in line with the disk 7and allow said disk to pass through the aperture 27 as thelockingspindle is moved longitudinally in either direction. For thepurpose of securing the cover or cap 3 upon the housing 2, independentof the screw 4,'the cap or covcr is provided with the flange 2S, whichflange is located upon the'inner periphery of said cover and extendsnearly around the inner periphery of said cover, the ends or said flangebeing located a short distance apart, thereby forming the gap or space29. To the block 30, or its equivalent, is attached the pin 31, saidblock being securely attached to the baseplate 9. The pin 31 is solocated that it will come on top of the flange 2S when the cap or cover3 is properly adjusted, said pin being shown in proper position in Fig.1G.

The steering-head 1 is provided with the aperture 32, which aperturereceives the inner end of the locking-spindle 6. Then the lock is open,the disk 7 is located upon the top or upper side of the locking-plate24, as illustrated in Fig. lO, thereby holding the locking-spindle outof contact with the apertures 33, said apertures being located so as toregister with the aperture 32 and pcrmit the locking-spindle 6 to enterone of the apertures 33 and thereby lock the post 34 against rotation.It will be understood that the apertures 33 are to be so located thatthe fork 35 and its wheel 36 can be locked at any desired angle.handle-bar 37 is to be attached to the top or .upper end of the post 34in the ordinary manner. It will be understood that by the use of thespring 3 the locking-spindle G will be automatically forced into theproper aperture when the locking-plate 24 is brought into position, sothat the disk 7 will pass through the aperture 27, formed in saidlocking plate 2l.

For the purpose of setting the lock so that the spindle G Will not beallowed to enter any of the apertures 33, the disk 7 is placed upon theupper side of the locking-plate 24, and when it is desired to lock thebicycle the disk 7 is located upon the under side of the locking-plate,as illustrated in Fig. 9.

It will vbe understood that as the post 3l is rotated by means of thehandle-bar the aperture 33 will pass the apertures 32, and when one ofthe apertures 33 comes into proper alinement with the apertures 32 thelockingspindle 6 will enter :the aperture registering with the aperture3 2, thereby locking the front or forward wheel atan angle to the rearwheel, whichputs the bicycle in such a con dition that it cannot beused.

The post 25, located upon and attached to the locking-plate 21, isprovided with the tongue 25, which tongue will engage the flange 28, asillustrated in Figs. 5 and 1(5,when the locking plate and post is forcedto one side by means of the rotation of the tumblers, thereby lockingthe cap `3 upon the housing 2, independent of the screw 4C.

I have described the lock as-espeeially applied to a bicycle, but itwill be understood that the lock proper can be'used independent of abicycle Without departing from the nature of my invention.

In order to bring the locking-plate 24. into position to lock thespindle against longitu` dinal movement, the counting-disk 14C isrotated, which in turn rotates one or all of the tumblers a, Z9, and c,as the ease may be, which rotation lifts the post25 out of the notch ornotches into which it has been forced by means of the spring `26,thereby throwing or forcing the locking-plate 24C out of center andthereby locking the spindle andlits disk .at the point it may be locatedat the time the swinging disk or locking-plate is turned out of center.

The tumblers a, l), and c are rotated with the counting-disk by means ofthe screws 19, 20, 21, and 22. The screw located upon the counting-diskwill come in `contact with the screw located upon the tumbler` adjacentto the counting-disk, thereby lcausing the tumbler to rotate with thecounting-disk. After the counting-disk has been rotated until `all ofthe screws have come in contact with each other, all of the tumblerswill be rotated in unison with the counting-disk.

It will be understood ,that when the countq It will be understood thatthe I TOO IIO

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ing-disk is rotated in the opposite direction from the direction tobring the tuniblers into rotation, said tumblers Will remain stationaryuntil they are brought into proper engageinent with the screws or pins.

Having iully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, ism

1. The combination of a lock-case provided with a detachable cover, aswinging lcck plate pivotally attached to the base-plate 9, or itsequivalent, a series of tuniblers provided with apertures and screws orpins located in a given number of apertures, and the locking-spindle G,provided with the disk 7, and spring 8, substantially as and for thepurpose speciiied.

The combination of a case, a cover and counting-disk provided with ahollow spindle, a reciprocating locking-spindle provided with a disk, aswinging locking-plate provided with a post, said post being providedwith a lip or tongue and a series of tumblers provided With detachablepins or screws, and the inastennotches located upon the periphcries ofthe tumblcrs, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a lock of the class described, a case or cover having locatedtherein, a series of turnblers, a counting -disk having notches upon itsperiphery, a spring to engage the notches, a reciprocatinglocking-spindle provided With a disk, and a swinging or vibratinglocking-plate, substantially as and for thepurpose specied.

4. The combination of a case, a cover and a counting-disk provided witha hollow spindie, a reciprocating locking-spindle provided with a disk,the swinging locking-plate provided With a post, said post provided witha lip or tongue and a spring bearing against said post, and a series oftumblers provided with detachable pins or screws and the masternotcheslocated upon the peripheries of the tumblers,substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimony that l claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

MARSHALL N. FREDERICK.

"Witnesses:

F. W. BOND, BERTHA. FINCH.

